Boolean. A Boolean stores a value indicating True or False. It can be used as an expression in an If-statement. It can also store the result of an expression.
Usage notes. Booleans are used throughout VB.NET programs. We can return a Boolean from a function, or pass a Boolean as an argument.
First Boolean example. We assign a Boolean variable to True or False. Then we use Booleans in a variety of ways in this simple program.
Part 1 We use the Not-operator to "invert" the value of the Boolean: change True to False and False to True.
Part 2 A Boolean can be used as an expression in an If-statement. We store the result of an expression variable.
Part 3 Boolean values and expressions can be used interchangeably. An If-statement can test a Boolean directly.
Part 4 You can assign an expression that evaluates to True or False directly to a Boolean variable as well.
Module Module1
Sub Main()
Dim value As Boolean = True
Console.WriteLine(value)
' Part 1: flip the boolean.
value = Not value
Console.WriteLine(value)
' Part 2: this if-statement evaluates to false.
If (value) Then
Console.WriteLine("A")
End If
' Part 3: evaluates to true.
If (Not value) Then
Console.WriteLine("B")
End If
' Part 4: store expression result.
Dim result As Boolean = Not value And 1 = Integer.Parse("1")
Console.WriteLine(result)
End Sub
End ModuleTrue
False
B
True
Return Boolean. A Function can return True or False. We can even return the result of an expression that evaluates to True or False. Here in IsEmpty we return an expression's result.
Note If the List has a Length of 0, IsEmpty returns True. Otherwise False is returned.
Module Module1
Dim _values As List(Of String) = New List(Of String)
Function IsEmpty() As Boolean
' Return a boolean value.' ... This returns true if the Count is equal to 0.' ... It returns false otherwise.
Return _values.Count = 0
End Function
Sub Main()
' Use the IsEmpty boolean method.
Console.WriteLine(IsEmpty())
' Add an element to the List and call IsEmpty again.
_values.Add("bird")
Console.WriteLine(IsEmpty())
End Sub
End ModuleTrue
False
We examined the Boolean type in VB.NET. With Boolean, you can store True and False and also the result of expressions that evaluate to True or False.
Notes, continued. Booleans are necessary for If and ElseIf statements, and careful use of them can make your programs clearer and faster.
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